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SPEGFIOATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,497, dated J' une 18, 1901. Application filed .May 27, 1899. Serial No. 718,514. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN T. HAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union City, in the countyof Darke and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses, of which the following is a specification..

This invention relates to machines for compressing hay, straw, excelsior, and similar materials into bales and to retain the form and compression of the bales by wrapping them with wires or cords and tying the latter to form continuous bands around the bales.

The object of the invention is to provide a continuously-operating machine which will automatically compress the material into bales and wrap and tie the binding wires or cords around the bale to secure it without danger of clicking or overfeeding the machine while the binding and tying is going on and without interfering in any way with the uniform operation of feeding the material to the press.

The object also is to make a smooth and secure tie of the bale-band, comprising interlocking eyes or loops made by crossing the ends and doubling them back onto and twisting them with the adjacent body of the band; and a further object of the invention is to wrap and tie the bale without wasting any of the band material.

The object also is to materially increase the capacity of this class of machines and to render them more durable in construction and certain in operation.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan View of my invention in position to begin the formation of a bale; Fig. 2, a right side elevation of same; Fig. 3, a left side elevation of same; Fig. et, a view in elevation of the left side of the machine, showing the operative parts in positions assumed immediately prior to the making of the twist in the crossed ends of the baleband; Fig. 5, a horizontal section on the dotted line 5 5 of Figs. 2 and 3 looking down in the direction of the arrows and showing the bale about completed, ready to be wrapped and tied; Fig. 6, a like section showing the needle at the end of its inner travel bringing the tie-band across the inner end of the bale.

act to form the loop, showing the tie-wire cut 'oit and the opposite end of thev tie looped around the newly-cut end ready to be twisted;

Fig. 6, a section on the dotted line 6b 6b of Fig. 6a looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. Gb shows the quarter-round head L7 and the slot Z7,- Fig. 7, a vertical transverse section on the dotted line 7 7 of Figs. 2 and 3 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 8, a like section on the dotted line 8 8 of Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. S, a detail, on a larger scale, of that part of Fig. 8 showing clutch-sleeve on the shaft connecting the two wire-twisters; Fig. 9, a detail in perspective of the reciprocatingrack-bar located on the left-hand side of the machina/the View looking toward the inner or machine side of the bar; Fig. 10, a detail in Vertical section on the dotted line l() 10 of Fig. 3; Fig. 11, a detail in side elevation of the rack-bar on the right-hand side of the machine, showing the hooked reciprocating bar attached to the plunger of the press and the manner in which the hook engages notches in the upper side of the rack-bar to actuate same; Fig. 12, a detail in plan View of the end of the needle; Fig. 13, a

detailshowing construction of knot made inv band by my machine, and Fig. 14, a View in perspective of the wire carrying and cutting arm.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

A represents the body or compression-box of the machine. It is of oblong rectangular form, open at both ends,which may be mounted on wheeled trucks B to render it'portable, if desired, or it may be mounted in any other well known and convenient manner. A power-shaft O is mounted horizontally in the rear end of the body A, and upon one end of the shaft a pulley c is mounted, which receives power from any suitable motor through a belt C2 running over its periphery. Inside of the compression-box midway of the length of the shaft C is a pinion c3, the teeth of which mesh with those of a gear wheel cZ, upon which a shaft D, mounted in a suitable box d2, is supported by the side of the bodyA. The gear-wheel d' carries the crank-pin d3, to which the pitman d4 is connected and through IOC) which connection a reciprocating movement is imparted to the cross-head or plunger E by the pivotal attachment of the pitman to the plunger. The material to be pressed is introduced into the compression-box in front of this plunger and is compressed by the impact of the latter, the said material on the side opposite to the plunger being restrained by the tie-band in part and bythe springs A7, which project into the box obliquely from its sides, but give back against the sides of the box A under sufficient pressure, allowing the compressed material to pass.

Secured to each side of the body A near its front end are the laterally-projecting frames F, the horizontal members of which are circular segments described from a common center for each horizontal set of guides. There will be as many horizontal sets of guides as there are tie-bands used to wrap the bales, and these guides will form the runs for the longitudinally-reciprocating curved needles F', which pass after the bale is formed between the plunger and the bale to carry the band across the inner end of the bale. The needles start from the right-hand side of the press and pass through the latter to a suit-.

able distance on the other side, varying with the size of the bale to be made. The needles have a toothed edge f, by which they are driven in the manner as will be presently described, and a groove f' running longitudi` n'ally along its'outer side, into which the tieband (usually wire) islaid. These wires come from the reels F2 outside of the outer ends of the runs. The wire from the reel passes lin the groove around the outside of the needle and 'around the inner end of the latter, and thence between the bale and the adjacent side of the press to the outer end of the bale, across the outer end of the bale, and thence through a slot in the opposite side of the press to end holding and twisting mechanism hereinafter to be described. The inner end of the needle has the vertical notchf2, and in the bifhrcated ends thus produced are friction-rollersf3, (see Fig. 12,) grooved to receive the wire. j

Located in the runs at the end of the throw of the needles are the standards F4, adjustable longitudinally of the runs to suit the differences in the lengths ofthe throws of thel needles, and these standards carry the spring-closed hooksf4 to drop into the notched ends 'of the needles and engage and hold the wires, which will remain looped over the hooks after the needles have returned to their places of starting at the right of the press. The hooks will be provided with any suitable tension device to prevent the too free withdrawal of the Wires therefrom.

The throw of the curved needles is accomplish'ed by the mechanism as follows:

Fi is a straight bar secured to the side of the body A in suitable runs to permit longitudinal movement. It has the outside series of cogs f5, andA the bar will be referred to v rack-bar must remain inert.

hereinafter as the rack-bar F5. The top of the bar is provided with 'a pair of notches f6, the adjacent inner sides of which are at right angles and the outer sides of which are oblique to said tcp of the bar.

FT is a shaft supported verticallyfrom and y by the side of the body A and having the pinion f7, the teeth of which mesh with the teeth ot' the rack-bar F5. The shaft F7 also has the gearwheels flo, thetceth of which mesh with the teethfof the needles F', Whereby when the shaft FT is revolubly moved by the longitudinal movement of the bar F5 the needles will be correspondingly run in or out of the press. The longitudinal movement of the rack-bar F5 is accomplished by the engagement with it of the hooked bar FS. This bar is connected by the wrist-pin f8 with the plunger E, the side of the bodyA having the slot as, through which the pin f8 is projected. The front end of the bar F8 has the under side hook ff), which rests upon the top of the rack-bar F5 and engages the notches f6 to move the raclcbar unless interfered with by the guards G or G. The guard G is an upwardly-tapering plate set midway of the length of travel in the path of the hook f and causes the hook lying in the notch to ride up the inclined side of the guard out of the notch, thereby releasing the rack-bar and stopping the throw of the needle. The length of travel orthrow of the needle will vary with the size of the bale, and the size of the bale will vary with the relative weights of different materials in proportion to bulk. In

baling hay, for example, the bales are required to be as near one hundred pounds in weight as possible, and heavy hay will require less bulk to a hundred pounds than light hay, the bale will be shorter, and the needle will have to travel in each case a distance proportioned to the length of wire needed to go around the bale. To secure this variation in the throw of the needle, the guard G will be in two vertically-divided parts, each of which is adjustable in position longitudinally of the rack-bar F5, whereby the hook fg will be thrown out of the notch IOO IIO

f6 going either way at an earlier or later period of the stroke of the bar Fs. This adjustment of the guard Gr is clearly shown in Fig. 11.

The bar FS is held in its travel in right position over the rack-bar by the guide-bar F9, which passes through a looped or hooked projection from the side of the bar F8.

As the needle is only to move through the press back of the bale after the latter is iinished, it is necessary that the rack-bar be actuated only from the plunger upon the return stroke of the plunger after the last compression has been made, and during the several other strokes required to com plete the bale the To accomplish this required result, the guard G',consistingoi a bar or plate pivoted to stand edge up and adapted to be moved at intervals about its pivot into the path of the hook f9 and throw it out of engagement with the front notch f6 and keep it out ot' engagement with that notch except on the return stroke of the last compression of the plunger above referred to,when this guard will be automatically removed to allow the hooked bar to engage the front notch of the rack-bar, by which the rack-bar will follow the backward movement of the plunger until the hook is thrown out by the guard G approximately at the middle of its stroke. Completing its stroke the hook travels back and drops into the rear notch, whereby on the return or forward stroke of the hooked bar the rack-bar will be returned to its first position, which withdraws the needle; but in the meantime the guard G has moved back into the path of the hook ff, where, as before, it will prevent engagement with the front notch f6 until the next bale is completed. To accomplish the automatic action required, the guard Gr is pivoted at g to the framework and has the lateral arm g', which is connected by the bar g2 with the crank g3 of the shaft g4. The other end of the shaft g4 has the crank g5, which connects by the bar g6 with the cranked top end of the vertical shaft g7. The shaft g7 has the arm g8, which crosses the path of the vneedle, and by the contact with it of the cogged liange f the shaft is turned far enough to cause the throw of its cranked top to actuate the cranked shaft g4 in a direction to elevate the guard G into the path of the hooked barF8 5 but the purpose of the contact between the arm g8 and the needle is to set the mechanism ready for the action of other parts yet to be described, whereby the guard G will be held in the path of the hooked bar F8 by the tension of the band-wires leading to the hooks f 4 and will be withdrawn from the path of the bar FB by the pulling of the wires off of the hooks by the pull of the bale in the press as the latter is filled out to completion and requires the wire to go around it. The arm g8 contacts against but does not engage the teeth of the cogged flange, and to prevent accidental engagement with the teeth the end of the arm will be bent or rounded out, as shown.

Projected from the left of the body A is a side frame having the vertical wall or plate H, parallel with the side of the body and connected thereto by suitable beams. Pivotally secured to the insidel of the plate, as shown (partly in dotted lines) in Fig. 3, (see also Figs. 4 and 5,) are the levers 7i, which terminate in lthe paths of the needles with the hooked ends 7L', which engage and press the wires against the inner sides of the needleopenings through the frame after the withdrawal of the needles; but during and immediately preceding the occupancy of the open? ings by the needles the ends of the levers are swung around out of the way. The levers 7i have the elongated longitudinal slots h2, through which the ends of transverse levers or plates h3 are projected. These lever-plates h3 are practically bell-cranks in shape and purpose and are pivoted to the transverse wallH3 and are connected with each other by the linkbar h4, the opening for one of the pivotal connections being slotted to allow freedom of movement without binding. The link-bar h4 has a central slot h5 to receive the cranked end t' of the vertical shaft I. The opposite and upper end of the shaft I has the crank f', approximately at right angles to the lower crank c', and the crank z" is connected by the link-bar Q9 with the cranked top of the shaft Q7, previously described. The crank il is forced toward the rear of the machine by a spring is. The tendency of this spring, acting through the several connecting-levers, links, &c., described, is to move the hooked ends of the levers h inwardly or toward each other and to depress the guard G and this tendency of the levers h inward under the tension of the spring i3 is only resisted by the wires w, and the moment the wires w are loosened by being drawn off of one or both of the hooks f4 the mechanism sustained by the wires, obeying the action of the spring, will move to depress the guard G, which in turn will set the mechanism in motion to drive ythe needles through the press and back. By

using the link-bar 7i, connected to the two lever-plates h3, as shown, the release of either one of the wires will allow the crank t' of the shaft I to swing enough to liberate the mechanism to lower the guard G'. This may oc,- cur by some inequality of the bale taking more wire, and it is important that the tie be made When either wire gives out. After the needles have carried the wires across the inner end of the bale it remains necessary to cut off the length needed and to tie the ends together securely. The mechanism for doing this is connected with the top crank t" of the shaft I and will now be described.

J is a horizontal bar parallel with and adjacent to the left rear end of the bodyA and having a slideway or run on its upper edge housed over in part (beginning at its front end) to receive the sliding rack-bar J. The housing is shown at j. The teeth j of the rack-bar are on the under front end, and the bar also has the pinj2 on its top side.

J3 is a short shaft mounted between the plate H and the side of the press. It has the gearwheel js and the pinion jt The pinion j* meshes with the cogsj of the rack-bar, and the teeth of the gear-wheel mesh with teeth 7c (see Fig. 9) on the under side of the rackbar K, which in turn actuates the band cutting any tying mechanism hereinafter to be described.

The plunger E on its left-hand side opposite the pin f8 carries the similar wrist-pin e, which passes through the slot a7 to the outside of the press and pivotally connects the lever J 5 to said plunger. The opposite or rear end of the lever J 5 has the under side downwardly-projected shell j with side fingers j? extending down on each side of the rack-bar J to hold the reciprocating lever J 5 in line of IOO IIO

travel longitudinally of 'said rack-bar. opposite sides of the shell or housing j, are oblique to the lever J5, and its under side is provided with an opening to receive the pin j2, whereby when the pin is seated in the openprovide the inside horizontal armjB, (see Fig.

10,) which rides on top of a plate J2, which holds the end of the lever up with its shell out of engagement with the pin. The plate J2 is hinged at its lower edge to the stationary frame of the machine and is substantially in avertical position when supporting the lever J5. It has the horizontal extensionj5, to which the springj9 is connected in a manner to throw the plate over into the path of the arm js. The action of this springj9 is to elevate the outer edge of the extension t7'5, and consequently to throw the plate J5 out of influence with the arm js of the lever J5 a downward pressure sufficient to move the eXtensionj5 is alone necessary. This obtains through the bar l5, which is connected with an arm of the bellcrank 15, and the automatic action synchronized with the passage of the needles F through the press by the connection of the opposite arm of the bell-crank with the crank t" of the shaft I by the link-bar if. Thus when the needle contacts with the arm g5 of the shaft g7 the swinging around of the shaft g7 which follows will throw the bell-crank l5 in a direction to depress its bar I4, thereby tilting the plate J2. This happens just before the lever J5 passes off of the housingj.

L (best shown in Figs. 1, 5, 6, and S) is a vertical shaft mounted in suitable boxes between the rack K and the body of the machine A. Mounted on opposite ends of the shaft are the two beveled gear-wheels L', and the hub of one of them (the lower one in the drawings) is ahalf-clutch Z, which engages the adjacent end of a corresponding half-clutch Z', on the sleeve L2, mounted on the shaft L intermediate of the two wheels L'. This sleeve carries the small pinion L3, the teeth of which mesh with the cogs of the rack-bar K4. Above the pinion LS is a single tooth Z2, the purpose of which will be explained later on. A spring Z3 presses the sleeve longitudinally into engagement with the clutch-half on the wheel L below. Because of this clutch construction the shaft L will be rotated in only one direction by the reciprocating rack-bar. Meshing with the cogs of the wheels L' are the smaller beveled toothed wheels L4-one for each of the wheels L'. These beveled wheels L4 are mounted each on a hollow shaft TheV L5. These shafts have a longitudinal split Z5, which is continued radially through the wheels L4. The journal-boxes in which the shafts L5 are mounted are split and the side of the press A is slotted, all for the purpose of allowing the band-wires LU to slip through the sleeves, asv shown in Figs. 5 and 6, by being pulled diagonally across from their hooks as the bale is formed. The opposite end of the sleeve from the beveled wheel has thedisk Z5, with a radial slot just wide enough to admit the wires. This disk Z6 is preferablya plate of hardened steel, which is removably secured to the shaft to enable it to be replaced by a new disk when worn by the friction of the wires against the sides of the slot. The shafts L5 are mounted in quarter-round heads L5, which extend toward the rear of the machine about twice the length of the shafts and are slotted horizontally from the ends of the shafts front, as shown at Z7, to allow the wire brought across bythe needle to lie in against the ends of said shafts L5. The heads are also provided with the vertical slots Z8, which register with the slots Z5 in the shafts when the latter are turned to present the slots vertically. Fastened to the outer ends of the heads L6 are the steel plates L7 with horizontal slots registering with those in the heads, and pivotally secured against the outer sides thereof are the shear-plates M, having the circular and concentric row of teeth m, which engage the series of pins or teeth K of the rack-bar K. The teeth m' at each end of the series are extended to form stops by contacting with the longitudinal outside flange K5 of the rack-bar K. The plates M each have deep notches m2, which pass to one side of the pivots on which the plates turn, whereby the edge m2, which is suitably sharpened, will deliver a shear cut to the wire at the bottom of the s-lots in the plates L2 when the plates M are turned, thereby severing the wire. The plate M next to this cutting edge is continued to form an arm M', which is bent at right angles to the body of the plate to sweep the quarter-round surface of the head L6 by the rocking of the plates M. The end of the arm (see Fig. 14) is slotted and the arm lies during this operation of pressing the bale in a position which allows the band-wire after passing through the hollow shaft to pass into and through this slot 'm4 of the arm M'. When the plate M revolves in the direction to cut olf the other end of the wire, the end passing through this slotted arm is IDO IIO

carried over with the arm, making a loop over Y shaft will be made to stop after the rapid twistingmotion with its longitudinal slot at the side in alinement with the slot inthe body A, whereby the elasticity of the bale will cause the wires to spring in toward it and out of the shaft, and the bale will be pushed out of the press by the formation of the new one behind it.

To make the arm M more durable, I provide the wearing-plates m7, which are bolted beside the slot to take the wear of the wire band.

To keep the newly-severed end of the wire from being displaced during the twisting operation, I provide the spring-pressed rod my with foot m8 to bear down on the wire and hold it with a suitable tension.

The rack-bar K has several novel features which have not been described and which contribute to the successful action of my machine and which I will now fully describe. The teeth on the under side of the rack-bar K, which mesh with the teeth of the gearwheel js, the pins or teeth K to engage the teeth m and rotate the plates M by the reciprocating movement of the rack-bar, and the flange K3 to form a bearing for the elongated teeth m and hold the plates against rotation after their teeth have passed the pins K have all been referred to. At the beginning` of the initial movement of the rack-bar the plates M are in position with their arms M to the rear, and the first action required is for the plates M to rotate forward to cut o the wires and carry the other ends held by the arms M over to the front; but before the wires can be carried over the shafts L5 must be turned a quarter-revolution to change the slots Z from horizontal to vertical positions. This last is brought about by the short vertical flange K7, secured to the inner side of the bar K, which when the bar K starts toward the rear of the machine (its first direction of movement) immediately contacts with the lug or tooth Z2 of the sleeve L2 and turns the shaft on which the sleeve is mounted a sufficient distance to bring the slots Z5 into vertical positions. This flange K7 is best shown in Figs. 8fL and 9. Fig. 9, which is a view of the innerside of the rack-bar K, shows clearly the auxiliary rack-bar K4, which slides in the runs 765 longitudinally of the bar K. The teeth 706 of this auxiliary rack-bar engage the teeth of the pinion L3. The purpose of the construction embodying this auxiliary rackbar is to permit the latter to remain stationary while the arms M are being thrown forward by action of the rack-bar K upon the toothed plates carrying said arms; but when the shoulder K8 reaches the end of the rackbar K4 the latter will be carried along and will impart a rotary movement to the pinion on the clutch-shaft, which rotation will be transmitted to the shaftinside of the clutchsleeve and from thence through the beveled gears to the split shafts which do the twisting of the wires. As a reverse rotation of the split shafts would vuntwist the wires, the clutch coupling previously described and above mentioned is, provided, which allows the rack-bar K to return without giving motion to the split shafts.

As the operation of my machine has been described in connection with its construction, it will not be necessary to elaborate further,

except to call attention to the fact that the v operations of placing the bands across the inner end of the bale and of cutting the wires and uniting their ends are all4 accomplished during a single return stroke of the plunger at the completion of the formation of each bale, and the wires for a new bale are left in right position to begin the immediate formation of the new bale upon the next forward stroke of the plunger allowing the hay or other material to be fed uninterruptedly into the press. v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a baling-machine, a needle to reciprocate through the press behind the bale, a carrier to bend one end of the band upon itself around the other, a band-cutter and a bandtwister, substantial ly as described and shown.

2. In a baling-machine, a needle to reciprocate through the press behind the bale to cross one end of the wire over the other, a carrier to double one end of the wire onto itself around the other end of said wire, a Wire-cutter and a wire-twister, substantially as described and specified.

3. In a baling-machine, a needle to reciprocate through the press behind the bale, a holder and carrier to hold the free end of the wire to form the band and to carryit around the wire leading to the needle and lay it down on itself, a cutter to sever the Wire to the needle and a twister to grasp the doubled wire and twist it on itself to make a double loop joint, in which the ends are crossed, doubled back on themselves and then are twisted, each with its own main body portion, substantially as described.

4. In a baling-machine, a needle, a holder and carrier, a cutter, and a twister, allcombined and working together to make a tie for the band of a bale wherein the ends to be joined are crossed and doubled back upon themselves and secured by twisting each end with its own adjacent body portion.

5. In a continuous baling-press, the combination, with a compression-box having wires adapted to extend along the sides and front of the bale in the compression-chamber, of wire-carriers for bringing the wires together at the rear of the bale, and automatic gearing for looping one end of a band-wire around its other end and twisting each end with its own adjacent body portion, substantiallyas specified.

6. In a baling-press, a compression-box, a reciprocating compressor-head located in the box, needles reciprocating through the press IOO behind the bale and having a longitudinal series of cogs, a reciprocating rack-bar, gearing connecting the teeth of the rack-bar with the teeth of the needles, said rack-bar having a pair of notches with inner straight sides, a hooked lever pivotally connected with the compressor-head and adapted to engage the notches of the rack-bar, means for automatically disengaging the lever from the notches of the rack-bar and means for cutting the bale-bands and tying their ends together, substantially as described.

7. In a baling-press, a compression-box, a` compressonnead reciprocating therein, a needie, a rack-bar having notches to engage a hooked lever, a hooked lever actuated from the compressor-head to reciprocate the rackbar by engagement with the notches, guards adjustable in their positions to disengage the hooked lever with the notches and means for transmitting a reciprocatory movement from the rack-bar to the needle, substantially as described.

8. In a baling-press, a reciprocating compressor-head, a rack-bar having a pair of notches with adjacent straight sides, a hooked lever pivoted to the compressor-head and engaging the notches of the rack-bar, an automatically raising and lowering guard at the front end of the rack-bar to throw the hook out of the notch and a guard intermediate of the ends ot' the rack-bar to disengage the hook from the notches, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

9. In a baling-press, the combination ot a compressor-head, a hooked lever pivotally secured thereto at the end opposite the hook, a longitudinally reciprocating rack bar with two notches adapted to be engaged by the hooked lever, and a two-part guard as shown, adapted to be projected into the path of the hook to disengage it from the notches, saidA parts of the guard being adjustable in their distances apart longitudinally ofthe rack-bar, as and for the purposes specified.

l0. In a bale-tying machine, the combination with a holder for the free end of the wire, a needle to move the other end ot' the wire across the former, a twister mounted laterallyot' such crossing on the side opposite said holder, means for doubling the free end back onto itself around the other end of the wire and depositing it in the twister, substantially as described.

ll. In a bale-tying machine, the combination with a holder of the free end of the wire, a needle to move the other end of the wire across the said free end, a twister comprising a longitudinally and radially slotted shaft through which the wire to the holder passes, means for doubling the free end of the wire back onto itself around the end just supplied byl the needle and depositing it in the slot ot the twister-shaft, and means for rotating said slotted shaft substantially as described and shown.

12. In a baling-machine, a holder for the free end ot the wire, a needle to move the other end of the wire behind the bale and across the free end of the wire and loop its wire over a stationary hook, a twister, a carrier to loop the free end of the wire held by the holder around the part delivered by the needle and deposit the free end in the twister, a cutter, and automatic mechanism to actuate the several parts, said mechanism being held inert by the tautness of the wire which is destroyed by the drawing of the wire from the said stationary hook at the completion of the bale, substantially as described.

13. Ina continuous baling-press, the coinbination, with wires adapted to stand across the press in front of the bale at the start and then to extend along the sides and front of the bale in the bale-chamber as lthe formation of the bale pushes them back, spools or reels on one side of the press from which the Wires are supplied and hooks or fastenings on the opposite side of the press to hold the free ends of the wires but so they will be released by the pull of the bale, wire-carriers for bringing the wires together at the rear of the bale, automatic Wire cutters and twisters to cut the wires and twist them together into bands around the bale, the mechanism for said automatic parts-being held inert by the tension ot the band-wires and set in action by the withdrawal of one or more of the wires from the fastenings at the completion of the bale, substantially as described.

14. In a balingpress, a compression-box, a compressor-head reciprocating therein, a needle, a rack-bar mounted to reciprocate longitudinally of the compression-box, means for connecting the rack-har and needle whereby the reciprocation ot' the bar will impart a longitudinal movement to the needle, said rackbar having a pair ofopposite notches on its upper edge, a hooked bar pivot-ally secured to the reciprocating compressor-head and adapted, with its hooked end to engage the notches of the rack-bar and guard-plates adj ustable in distance from each other, adapted to throw the hook out of the notches, as and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 11th day of March, A. D. 1899.

JOHN T. HAY. [L s] Witnesses:

F. W. WOERNER, L. A. MINTURN.

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